Vegeta´s dream

Trunks and Gohan were already in the next round. Krillin wasn´t doing bad and Tien was also winning. Vegeta watched the matches on the TV set without much interest. So far it had been extremelly boring. Goku, on the other hand, was loving the opportunity to watch the fight from the other world.

Yamcha was lying around, he had wanted to win the prize, get the money and buy her new girlfriend a nice necklage, but the moment he saw Trunks and Gohan he lost all hope. He knew he had nothing to do against the half-saiyans. He loved the boys, they were the sons of his two best friends but...damn...he would have loved to win this one.

Bulma looked at Yamcha with a mixture of sadness and a certain relief. Vegeta was not feeling himself but at least he had not decided to look so useless in public.

-"What is wrong with Yamcha?"- Bulma asked-"I wonder what have happened to him"

-"The competition is too tough for him"- Chi Chi asnwered

-"True, nobody can beat Trunks"- Bulma nodded

-"What about Gohan?"- Chi Chi yelled scaring the baby, who could not understand the reason why his mom was fighting with her best friend.

Mr. Satan heard the names Gohan, Trunks, Krillin, Piccolo and Tien and started to feel chills all over his body. He didn´t want to be there, figthing them would be his end.

Krillin was fighting Piccolo, but the Namekian wasn´t interested in continuing the tournament. Gohan won his match and Trunks enjoyed a fight with Tien. Both warriors wanted to offer a good show and everyone was surprised to see them flying and throwing blasts of energy around. Trunks was so happy he had entered the tournament, fighting with his friends was the best experience of the world. The only thing missing was his father. He would have loved to fight alongside him.

Vegeta was watching the fight and was getting annoyed. It was obvious Trunks could beat that weakling into a pulp in a minute, he was just toying around with him. Trunks was too sentimental, he had warned Bulma thousands of time already, but she kept saying that feelings were bad and whatnot...

-"Give me a break"- Vegeta turned the TV off and rested for a while. He knew Trunks was going to win and the only interesting fight was going to be the final between Gohan and Trunks, so he could have a nap till then. He closed his eyes and started dreaming.

Vegeta knew it had to be a dream the moment he saw himself back in Freeza´s ship. As much as he hated the place, that had been home for years and he knew each corridor and hall as he knew the lines of the palm of his hand. He blinked a couple of times but he was still there.

-"Come on, this is a dream, Vegeta, wake up"- He told himself angrily-"get a grip and wake up"

But he was still there, and he felt a certain curiosity. He walked to the area of the ship where he used to sleep, where his pod used to be, and he saw the same panels, the same cold cell that he used to call his quarters. There was the pod of Radditz, the one for for Nappa, and his but...there was another one, a smaller one. He didn´t remember that one, he looked around but found no clue to what it was.

-"Freeza wants to see you"- He heard a cold raspy voice behind him, he turned around and saw one of the soldiers of Freeza waiting for him. This was officially a nightmare but Vegeta decided to have a little bit of fun while he was trapped in there, after all he knew Freeza was dead so...

-"Sure, show me the way"- He said mockingly.

The rest of the ship was just as he recalled it, every single piece and button and on its proper place. It was like walking through memory lane, although this was a lane he would have blasted into oblivion if possible.

Vegeta couldn´t believe his eyes when he saw Freeza, fully transformed, looking at him from his usual throne.

-"Well, well, the prince has decided to obey me and join us. It was about time"-Freeza´s voice hurted his ears.

-"I wouldn´t be so cocky, taking into account that you are already dead"- Vegeta replied.

-"I am dead? Really? That is a surprise, because the last time I checked I was alive and much more powerful than you, my dear prince. But you can continue with your constant yapping, as usual, I won´t pay attention to it"- Freeza laughed-"I have orders for you and your team"

-"I have a policy of not obeying dead monsters, and besides, I have no team left, Radditz and Nappa are long gone"- Vegeta answered

-"And what about Trunks? Is he dead too?"- Freeza was starting to lose his patience-"Where is that brat? I guess he takes after his father and loves to make me wait."

-"Trunks?"- Vegeta´s blood stop circulating, how could that monster, dream or not dream, knew anything of his son. Trunks was born after Freeza´s death and the monster never knew the identity of the boy that killed him.

-"Yes, Trunks, that good-for-nothing son of yours"- Freeza continued-"I want you to destroy a planet for me. I hope you will be able to. Saiyans are not what they used to be. I wonder what the great king Vegeta would have said about his grandson, a boy with purple hair and no tail...wait, I almost forgot that you have lost your tail too. Such a shame"

-"What is going on? This is a dream, right?"- Vegeta was getting nervous, if this was a dream, it was about time to wake up.

-"Do you feel pain in dreams?"- Freeza threw a small blast towards Vegeta.

-"This is impossible"- Vegeta felt the warm blood in his hands-"You are dead, Trunks killed you"

-"Trunks? An eight year old boy? Do not make me laugh"- Freeza came closer-"you have been delusional since we brought you back but this is ridiculous. Have you lost your memory?"

-"Stop"- Vegeta heard a childish voice that sounded similar to that of his son and turned around to see a young trunks, a small boy with purple hair and a replica of his old saiyan combat suit on.

-"Trunks?"- Vegeta could not believe it.

-"Leave my father alone"- Trunks voice was harsh, cold, no trace of his usual happiness was left there-"I am late, I deserve the punishment"

-"No, Trunks, you do not understand, this is all a dream"- Vegeta told his son. The expression on the boy´s face scared him because he had seen it before, he had seen it in himself some years ago.-"What has happened to you, boy?"

-"Your father has lost its memory"- Freeza laughed-"I bet you will enjoy the journey to the planet I am sending you, maybe you should use that time to explain him who he is and what he owes me"

-"Let´s go father"- Trunks indicated his father the direction where they should exit.

Vegeta sat on the small ship with his son and tried again to wake up but it was impossible.

-"Trunks, this is a dream, I know it, I am at Capsule Corp and you are in a tournament"- Vegeta tried to explain his son.

-"Look, I have no idea what has happened to you, but we have to complete the mission and I advise you to stop with the nonsense. You are a warrior"- Trunks´face was scary. Vegeta knew now why people feared him even when he was a small boy.

-"Why are we doing this? Why are we under the control of Freeza?"- Vegeta surrended, he needed to know, so he could find a solution.

-"You were in that planet with the earthlings, Freeza arrived and killed everyone, but you and ...my mother...apparently, Kakarot was fond of her...and soon enough Freeza found out that you liked her too. After I was born he killed her and now it is just you and me, trying to find Kakarot, so we can avenge our master"-Trunks didn´t even look at his father while he told the story.

-"Your mother is dead?"- Vegeta shuddered at the idea. Bulma was dead, the Earth destroyed, he was a slave again, and worst of all, his only son was just as miserable as he had been all his life.-"You killed Freeza, you came back from the future and killed him"

-"You cannot travel through time, father."- Trunks replied.

-"I am sorry Trunks, I am sorry I have not saved you from this, from becoming me"-Vegeta said.

-"Father, you should not speak like this, sentiments are for the weaks, a true warrior only cares about one thing, and that is strength. You taught me this"- Trunks said.

-"Trunks, stop the mission, you need me, I am going to help you"

The feeling that Trunks was in danger became so strong that Vegeta finally opened his eyes. He felt breathless and glanced at the sword.

-"There is something that is not right here"- He could sense a powerful and strange ki and it was too near to Trunks´s ki for comfort.

Vegeta stood and grabbed the sword. It was time to do something to save his son.

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I didn´t want to make a transcript of the movie so I decided to add something that explains a bit why Vegeta reacted and saved Trunks in the last minute...besides Trunks with combat suit is just too cute not to include it in the fic...hope you like it...